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Mesolobites

Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizocoleidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Lobites Dunstan p. 53
1986Mesolobites Carpenter p. 578
1989Shijingocoleus Lin and Mou p. 599
2008Lobites Bellamy p. 39
2010Mesolobites Martin p. 936

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilySchizocoleoidea
familySchizocoleidae
genusMesolobites

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Mesolobites Carpenter 1986
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Mesolobites granulatus Dunstan 1923
Mesolobites margacrispus Lin and Mou 1989
Mesolobites quadripartita Dunstan 1923
Mesolobites trivittatus Dunstan 1923
Mesolobites tuberculatus Dunstan 1923
Invalid names: Lobites Dunstan 1923 [replaced], Shijingocoleus Lin and Mou 1989 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Toarcian or 228.00000 to 174.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Australia (Queensland) Lobites trivittatus, Lobites tuberculatus, Lobites granulatus, Mesothoris quadripartita, Mesothoris tenuiclathrata (111558) Mesothoris quadripartita (111777)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3China (Hunan) Polysitum punctatoides (155364)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3China (Guangdong) Shijingocoleus margacrispus (156321)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Australia (Western Australia) M. sp. (114239)